Landfill Fire Prompts State Aid Bid for Health Hazard
Winston-Salem officials seek a state of emergency to obtain federal help as a May 25 landfill fire on Thomasville Road emits poisonous gases. County Chairman Dr Julian Keith says tests show phosgene gas and asbestos. 100 area families are not in immediate danger but 50 may be evacuated if unresolved. EPA air monitoring and Forest Service irrigation pipes are being used while crews plan a six week excavation to reach the deep fire.
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Winston-Salem
Clarges Holfhouser
Raleigh
Forsyth County
Julian Keith
Eugene F. Groce
Thomasville Road
Environmental Protection Agency
Atlanta
US Forest Service
Robert Fulp
EPA
Reece Rauguess
N C Alcohol Experts Doubt Rand Findings
Charlotte based experts question a Rand Corp study on alcoholism. Emmert and Johnson say controlled drinking lacks long term proof and abstinence remains the proven path. They cite other studies and AA as key to lasting sobriety despite the Rand report.
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Emimert
Charlotte Council On Alcoholism
Emmert
Vernon E. Johnson
Rand Corp
Santa Monica
Calif
Iquar
Johnson
Emmett
Rand
Insanity Plea in Raleigh Brother Murder Case
Freddie Ray Jones faces a first degree murder case for the shooting of his younger brother Michael Cade Jones near Raleigh Durham Airport. Prosecution urges death. defense argues legal insanity citing strong evidence and calls Jones a cunning killer. Final arguments extended six hours with key testimony from Juanita Powell under immunity.
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Raleigh
Freddie Ray Jones
Jones
Michael Cade Jones
Raleigh-Durham
Tum
Michael Jones
W.G
Buck” Ransdet
Juanita Powell
Freddie Jones
Fiberglass Office Plastics to Surge by 1980, Owens Corning Projects
Plastics industry foresees FRP office products expanding from 10 million pounds in 1973 to 45.5 million by 1980. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp cites 12 million pounds in typewriters and word processing gear, 9 million in copiers, and 2 million in calculators and adding machines.
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Toledo, Ohio
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp
Methodists Approve Conference Restructure Plan
At Lake Junaluska 1600 delegates endorsed 193 petitions from Western North Carolina Conference committees. The first petition approves reorganizing the conference with four main program responsibilities in the Council on Ministries, completing a two year planning study. Council will hold 45 voting and 10 ex officio members. Six lay pastors and 23 candidates for full connection were presented.
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Lake Junaluska
Western North Carolina
United Methodist Church
Council On Ministries
Commission On Planning and Research
Balloon Note Found After 6 Month Flight
Trey Rankin, 6, found a note wrapped in a bag on a farm near Mount Holly. The note from Chuck LeClair of East Point, Georgia, was attached to a balloon launched at Christmas and drifted about 260 miles before landing. The boys recalled sending the message hoping it would travel far, and the reader was surprised by the long distance.
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Mount Holly
Trey Rankin
Here
Trey
Atlanta
East
Tom
Chuck LeClair
Riggs Drive
East Pont
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